The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
ASIA ROAD1
Seoul Indie-AniFest2024 ASIA ROAD
The Mole
- Alexey SUKHOV
- 2023
- 0:13:42
- 2D Computer, 3D Computer
Screening Schedule
Date | Time | Venue |
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2024. 9. 28(SAT) | 17:15 | CINEMA 5 |
2024. 9. 30(MON) | 19:00 | CINEMA 5 |
Synopsis
Victor, at the request of his wife, goes for a pipe cleaning liquid “The Mole”. On the way, he reflects and philosophizes, but a sudden incident leads him to a memory loss. Thus, a series of events is launched in which the hero is forced to try on different essences of the word Mole.
Staff
Producer/Scenario/Storyboard Alexey SUKHOV
Animation Vera VIUGINA, Nikita MESCHERYAKOV, Liza ZAFT
Camera Polina SHMYGINA, Vika MALECHKINA, Alexey SUKHOV, Ksyusha TOKAREVA, Anya VOLCHKOVA, Sitora KIM, Pavel TSAKHILOV, Emil MAMEDOV
Effect Klim NIKOLAEV
Sound Vage SEVUMIAN
Music Mitya BURMISTROV, Acid MINERALE, Kapkan dlya ZHABY
Voice Alexander VAKULIUK, Kir DMITRIEV, Galina NECHAEVA
Program Note
Victor is out buying a pipe cleaning fluid when he is hit by an egg and loses his memory. Inside his dirty coat, there is only a scrap of paper with the word “pipe cleaning fluid” written on it, which is the same word as “mole” in Russian. The strange and absurd events in which people treat him like a real mole cause Victor to question his own identity. His crazy and unpredictable journey makes us realize that the concepts we take for granted are in fact relative and capricious. The world may call him a mole, but he insists that he is a genius and a brilliant person. The film leads us to deeply ponder how we perceive ourselves between the identity imposed by society and the one we choose for ourselves. SEO Saerom
Filmography

- Alexey SUKHOV
2023 [The Mole]
2020 [Alice]